At this point, I am not sure whether I am building an AI system or entering my uncle gadget-buying time.

My Finance manager looked at me the way wives look at husbands when they know nonsense is happening, but I am too tired to argue.

End of February, I started hunting for one Mac Mini in Johor Bahru.

Machines or Switch.
One shop. Another shop.
Counter to counter.

Same answer every time.
“No stock.”
Not ordinary no stock.

This was the kind of no stock where the staff saw me walking in and already had the sympathy face ready.

I also had my own face.
“I know you have no stock,
but can you just go inside and check one more time for uncle?”

Finally, I found one in Paradigm Mall.
I grabbed it like aunties grabbing discounted cooking oil before expiry date.

Why Mac Mini?

Because in March 2026, KTP started building our agentic AI automation system in-house.

And we handle things that are not supposed to float around simply simply.

Client data.
Audit files.
Tax workings.
HR.
Payroll.

Maybe I am old school. Fine.

But when it comes to sensitive data, I still cannot accept it sitting on someone else’s server somewhere far away where I cannot even point to it on a map.

Non-disclosure agreement?
Very nice.
Very professional.
Very comforting font.

Still no.

And I realised something uncomfortable in March.

My Finance and HR data was sitting too close to everything else.

Client data is already sensitive.
But payroll, HR and internal finance?

That one is sensitive until cannot simply play play.

So I made the decision … a second Mac Mini.

One machine for client-related work.
One machine for Finance and HR.

Then the second round of suffering started.

I went hunting again.

JB no stock.
Singapore also no stock.
Blame it on OpenClaw hype.

In the end, I ordered online from Apple on mid-March.

Estimated delivery … mid-April++.

After that, I checked the Apple page so many times that I lost count

Then on 4 April, Apple SMS and emailed me.

Shipped early.

I am not proud to say this, but that email gave me more joy than some Raya festive greetings from my muslim friends.

Today, just for fun, I checked the Apple website again.

Delivery estimate now:
25 May to 3 June 2026.

I stared at the screen like a man who had narrowly escaped disaster.

That was when I realised something.

I did not buy a computer.
I survived a stock crisis.

Apparently I am now the kind of uncle who roams around Johor Bahru asking tech shop staff …
“Mac Mini got stock or not?”

And apparently, for uncles like me, it is also about cardio, rejection, and emotional damage from Apple Mac Mini.